甲信越

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甲	信	越
こう Grade: S	しん Grade: 4	えつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Blend of 甲斐 (“Kai”) +‎ 信濃 (“Shinano”) +‎ 越後 (“Echigo”), historical provinces of Japan that correspond to the present-day prefectures of Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーしんえつ [kòóshíꜜǹ'ètsù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕĩɰ̃e̞t͡sɨ]

Proper noun

甲(こう)信(しん)越(えつ) • (Kōshin'etsu) ^{←かふしんゑつ (Kafusin'wetu)^?}

Kōshin'etsu (a geographical region in central Japan, composed of the prefectures of Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata)

Related terms

信(しん)越(えつ) (Shin'etsu, “Shin'etsu region”)
甲(こう)信(しん) (Kōshin)
上(じょう)信(しん)越(えつ) (Jōshin'etsu, “Jōshin'etsu region”)
北(ほく)信(しん)越(えつ) (Hokushin'etsu, “Hokushin'etsu region”)
関(かん)東(とう)信(しん)越(えつ) (Kantō shin'etsu, “Kantō-Shin'etsu region”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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